Porn stars in X-rated bid to entrap Canadian cannibal a year before he was arrested for killing, dismembering and eating lover

Sixteen months before Canadian cannibal Luke Magnotta was a murder suspect, he was the target of a bizarre entrapment plan by an animal rights group and three porn stars.

Animal rights organisation Rescue Ink recruited adult movie legend Ron Jeremy to capture Magnotta after the alleged murderer posted videos of himself killing kittens using a vacuum cleaner and feeding one to a python.

If the sting had been successful, Magnotta, who is also known as Luka Rocco, could have been prevented from the murder of Jun Lin, who he dismembered and cannibalised in Montreal in May.

Saucy plot: Respected adult movie actor Ron Jeremy [left] was asked by Sia and Shane Barbi [right] and animal rights group Rescue Ink to lure Magnotta to the U.S. where he could be arrested for animal cruelty

The group asked Mr Jeremy, 59, who is also known as The Hedgehog and has appeared in over 2000 adult films in a career spanning 40 years, to participate in the plot in January 2011.

The original idea came from two female pornstars, Sia and Shane Barbi - also known as the Barbi Twins - who approached Rescue Ink with the idea after they saw the kitten-torture video online.

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Rescue Ink and the Barbi twins asked Mr Jeremy to invite Magnotta, 29, a small-time Canadian porn actor who had become infamous after appearing in a slasher movie, to Los Angeles to supposedly appear in a porn flick.

The activists planned to apprehend Magnotta once he arrived on set.

Activists: The Barbi twins had seen a series of videos posted by Magnotta online of him torturing and killing kittens 16 months before he murdered Jun Lin

Abuse: In one video, Magnotta is seen holding a small cat up to a large yellow python. The playful feline thinks it's a game until it is attacked by the snake and eaten

Hoover horror: In another clip, Magnotta is seen putting kittens into a vacuum-pack bag and suffocating them by sucking out all the air

They needed to lure Magnotta to the U.S. from Canada because the animal-abuse allegations were not serious enough to have him extradited, reports the Huffington Post.

Mr Jeremy, who is an animal rights supporter, said that the bizarre plan was flawed from the beginning and he decided to not get involved.

'It's like an episode from some TV show.
The [guy] comes to the set with lube in one hand and his schmeckle in
the other thinking he has a job, and the cops tackle him to the ground,'
he told The National Post.

LUKE MAGNOTTA'S SICK FANBASE

The Canadian cannibal has attracted a fanbase of thousands of female fans, reports ABC News

Facebook had to take down a fan group after it attracted 1,400 subscribers

At least four other Facebook pages have taken its place

Magnotta had an internet presence long before his arrest, posting hundreds of videos of himself semi-naked and sometime torturing animals

One fan writes: 'Look at that beautiful smile! He's so gorgeous!'

'That's good for the movies. That doesn't work in real life.'

Mr Jeremy was warned he could be at real risk - even before the group knew the full extent to Magnotta's criminal behaviour.

Rescue Ink's co-founder Joe Panz warned Mr Jeremy about the danger.

'I don't lie. Yes, you can get hurt,' Mr Panz says he told Mr Jeremy.

'I can't put somebody in harm's way without telling them, "Listen, this could go very badly for you."'

Mr Jeremy eventually dropped out of the plan because he was worried about his professional reputation.

'I don't blame him,' Mr Panz said of Mr. Jeremy's decision not to take part. 'He was in a very difficult situation.'

Magnotta was arrested last month in Berlin, Germany, and charged with the murder of Mr Lin and deported back to Canada to stand trial.

He had posted a video of himself dismembering Mr Jun while the soundtrack to the film American Psycho played in the background.

Gruesome murder: Luke Magnotta [left] hacked Jun Lin [right] to death and then dismembered, sexually abused and ate parts of the body just over a year after the entrapment plan was aborted